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he was one of the most powerful yet controversial characters in afghanistan. this is seen as a big blow to the fragile security in the southern kandahar area. people have killed four people in northwest italy. a human rights groups said that four were killed when the troops attack villages in the region. an iranian man was arrested at bangkok international airport as he attempted to smuggle $1.6 million worth of methamphetamine into the country. the drug had been disguised as a work of art weighing up to 10 kilos each. another day of high drama of the phone hacking scandal. every minute something new is happening. news corp. has withdrawn its controversial bid for a full takeover of the british broadcaster bskyb. this came shortly before the british parliament began a debate on the phone hacking scandal. >> rupert murdoch's in the news for the wrong reasons. this is one of the great humiliations' for his career. "we believe that the proposed acquisition of bskyb would benefit both companies. it is too difficult to progress in this climate." there was protests
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done defy obama's plans to pull out troops from afghanistan come under attack at home from opponents who say it's too much of a military risk as turn about attacks continue. to headlines up next a wild e.u. bailout cash to throw a game to greece and bankruptcy in return for austerity cuts the shock waves from the country's huge economic problems could he have reached the u.s. find out why in the kinds of reports next to him. or this is the reports i'm sure reveal to you the intimate secret of global finance it's not about stuff like the acropolis being sold it's about securitizing the acropolis so it can be traded. all the debt held by the bankers will be paid off from trading commissions but before you can do that you have to turn everything into a security oh we'll explain the whole thing anyway stacie ever what's happening well max yes so over the past week as greece has been and have austerity measures forced on the greeks we have also seen this headline max debt leaving greece finds no buyers and fire sale of national assets so apparently representatives of the greek government
done defy obama's plans to pull out troops from afghanistan come under attack at home from opponents who say it's too much of a military risk as turn about attacks continue. to headlines up next a wild e.u. bailout cash to throw a game to greece and bankruptcy in return for austerity cuts the shock waves from the country's huge economic problems could he have reached the u.s. find out why in the kinds of reports next to him. or this is the reports i'm sure reveal to you the intimate secret of...
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was thinking about doing something related to afghanistan. i honestly thought of it then around afghanistan in your late middle-aged to everything that could be said about afghanistan, you know, probably has been said long ago unless i really thought i could bring something novel to a. probably best to do something else. that was more a decision that, of feeling that i was superfluous. of the enough i did not feel in the israeli-palestinian context that i was commanded don't think that i have been. people still ask me to speak about that or to write about it. you just have to pick your spots. >> pick your spots. exactly. really the world at large after 9/11 is a big spot to pick. parts about this book that you actually had wanted to originally include? for example, i don't know, maybe something about u.s. politics that you ended up excising from the book? was there, you know -- >> you know, there was a lot. the idea was in this book. i could have dealt with the impact of the threat of al qaeda destroying a major western city which is a plot p
was thinking about doing something related to afghanistan. i honestly thought of it then around afghanistan in your late middle-aged to everything that could be said about afghanistan, you know, probably has been said long ago unless i really thought i could bring something novel to a. probably best to do something else. that was more a decision that, of feeling that i was superfluous. of the enough i did not feel in the israeli-palestinian context that i was commanded don't think that i have...
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special envoy to afghanistan. his new book is called the wars of afghanistan. please welcome to the problem peter tomsen. have a seat. >> thank you. >> jon: my first question to you is simply this. really? (laughter) really? >> it's pretty big. >> jon: really? >> yeah (laughter) don't drop it on your toe. >> jon: let me ask you this, volume 2, what period of wars does this cover and how much of the amazon is now gone? (laughter) what period of wars are we dealing with her. >> actually it's six, two in the 19th century, one in the early 20th century, and the rest with the soviet invasion and afterwards. >> jon: starting in '79. >> right. >> jon: what is so alluringly invadable about-- (laughter) >> jon: afghanistan because everyone seems to want to do it they don't have oil. they don't appear to have mineral wealth, although i think they've recently discovered that. they appear to just have a tightly knit group of tribes who don't care for being invaded. >> exactly. and in our case we called it an intervention. some call it an invasion. the big, the most importa
special envoy to afghanistan. his new book is called the wars of afghanistan. please welcome to the problem peter tomsen. have a seat. >> thank you. >> jon: my first question to you is simply this. really? (laughter) really? >> it's pretty big. >> jon: really? >> yeah (laughter) don't drop it on your toe. >> jon: let me ask you this, volume 2, what period of wars does this cover and how much of the amazon is now gone? (laughter) what period of wars are we...
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afghanistan is now in washington hiding out and he's saying that there's a death plot against him and that's why he had to flee but listen to this threat rats comments come just hours after afghanistan's deputy attorney general said that state rat and other officials at the central bank faced prosecution for not acting on warnings about widespread corruption at kabul bank so the corrupt central banker gets safe haven in washington d.c. under bernanke is umbrella bernanke fed banking criminal protection program. and meanwhile back and all the american people are telling folks willy nilly well yes you could say that ben bernanke in the u.s. is to financial terrorists what the taliban was to islamic terrorists well stacy ever thanks for being on the kaiser report. back with much more so stick right there. was that so much that you should be sitting on the mark with these beautiful he's indicted some members of the liberty she has belonged to the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with
afghanistan is now in washington hiding out and he's saying that there's a death plot against him and that's why he had to flee but listen to this threat rats comments come just hours after afghanistan's deputy attorney general said that state rat and other officials at the central bank faced prosecution for not acting on warnings about widespread corruption at kabul bank so the corrupt central banker gets safe haven in washington d.c. under bernanke is umbrella bernanke fed banking criminal...
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death plot this is abdul qadeer fit rat the former governor of the afghan central bank and he's fled afghanistan is now in washington hiding out and he's saying that so there's a death watch against him and that's why he had to flee but listen to this rats comments come just hours after afghanistan's deputy attorney general said that rat and other officials at the central bank faced prosecution for not acting on warnings about widespread corruption at kabul bank so the corrupt central banker gets safe haven in washington d.c. under bernanke is umbrella. banking criminal protection program. and meanwhile back in kabul the american people are killing folks willing really well yes you could say that ben bernanke in the u.s. is to financial terrorists what the. taliban rise to islamic terrorists well said stacy ever thanks for being on it as a reporter. back with much more so stick right there. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. twenty years ago this country. was how did. you get your. where did it take. a lot of back to the kais
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afghanistan is now in washington hiding out and he's saying that there's a death plot against him and that's why he had to flee but listen to this threat rats comments come just hours after afghanistan's deputy attorney general said that state rat and other officials at the central banks faced prosecution for not acting on warnings about widespread corruption at kabul bank so the corrupt central banker get safe haven in washington d.c. under bernanke is embroil of bernanke fed banking criminal protection program. and meanwhile back and all the american people are killing folks willy nilly well yes you could say that ben bernanke in the us is to financial terrorists what the taliban was to islamic terrorists well said stacy ever thanks for being on the guy's report. back with much more stick right there. twenty years ago are just countries. but how did. you get a job. where did it take to. take three. or three. three. three. three. three books video for your media project b.t.o. don carty dot com. welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to lovely beaches of athens greece to. w
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death plot this is abdul qadeer fit rat the former governor of the afghan central bank and he's fled afghanistan is now in washington hiding out and he's saying that there's a death squad against him and that's why he had to flee but listen to this rats comments come just hours after afghanistan's deputy attorney general said that state rat and other officials at the central bank faced prosecution for not acting on warnings about widespread corruption at kabul bank so the corrupt central banker gives safe haven in washington d.c. under the bernanke is umbrella bernanke he's banking criminal protection program. and meanwhile back in full the american people are killing folks willing really well yes you could say that ben bernanke in the u.s. is to financial terrorists what the. taliban was two islamic terrorists well said stacy ever thanks for being on the guy's report. back with lots of our stake right there. in the year in iraq because military journalists. we still. there's kind of wasting their time trying to kill. the way. to publicize and invite. who. started the. mission. critical three. t
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report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report completely contradicted statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan at the u.n. or the u.s. let's go to producer patrice and sent you to find out what you had to say. general petraeus in the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and the search has been successful fragile and reversible but successful nevertheless and one of the ways are trying to prove it well general john allen who recently told congress that violence in afghanistan is five percent lower compared to last ok now that sounds great but the u.n. has said in a new report that violence is on the rise and civilian deaths are up twenty percent so who do you think is telling the truth well david morrissey believes neither most of the violence he said goes on reported but may be true david this year in time magazine they wrote an article that most about ghana stands violence actually takes place i
report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report completely contradicted statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan at the u.n. or the u.s. let's go to producer patrice and sent you to find out what you had to say. general petraeus in the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and the search has been successful...
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security in afghanistan has only. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of. in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never stopped that's why i have a peaceful settlement is necessary but we've started talking about this at long last it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten the autumn conference in kabul also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but the latest initiative was voiced by the us president barack obama on negotiations with the taliban and the latest resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility between the taliban
security in afghanistan has only. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of. in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents...
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responsibility to help those of jihad who they claim it's a it's a response to norway forward to an afghanistan on. just the beginning of their campaign is the sense everywhere around for example just just here i mean we train the engine slow train station trains have all been canceled. dogs are loose with machine guns and soldiers are all around walking all around the airport here and people on the flee operative. earlier already spoke with the editor in chief of an independent news magazine based in oslo he gave us this account of the song there was this big blasts and people were screaming running around scared there were the smoke it was just like. what we have seen for. citizen around the world which has been attacked earlier we have looked at ourselves as a peaceful nation. even though we are in two wars. in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people mostly on twitter feed certainly social. and trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news essentially that the police officer he was going to this can and. should be g.'s. he
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members. >> can i agree with what the prime minister said and i have a son in afghanistan. it's a dreaded thing thinking you get that knock on theoor that he's lost in action. and our sympathies go with scott's father and mother and that particular team. here, here. >> mr. speaker, that yesterday we give 10 billion pounds to the bailout to banks in greece. we give 7 billion pounds to the bailout in ireland. we give 100 billion, this is the british taxpayer, 100 million a year for their -- the quality of the banks in this country for insurance purposes and other purposes, why does the prime minister does not get on his back and go down to the friends of the city? instead -- >> we got the gist. the prime minister. >> first of all, mr. speaker, it is this government who has put a nk levee on the banks so they are paying more in every year than they paid in the bank bonus tax under the last government. in terms of greece, i kept us out of a european bailout of greece. in terms of ireland, i would say that economy is so close and integrated with ours it is right we give them sup
members. >> can i agree with what the prime minister said and i have a son in afghanistan. it's a dreaded thing thinking you get that knock on theoor that he's lost in action. and our sympathies go with scott's father and mother and that particular team. here, here. >> mr. speaker, that yesterday we give 10 billion pounds to the bailout to banks in greece. we give 7 billion pounds to the bailout in ireland. we give 100 billion, this is the british taxpayer, 100 million a year for...
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billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet fighter jets and the whole bill also doesn't include funds for u.s. nuclear weapons programs or military construction which usually come in other bills and end up adding about thirty three billion dollars more to the fan spending so it looks like congress has said sorry america your social security your medicare and medicaid have probably got to go because the pentagon needs more jets here to discuss this with me as lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell our thanks so much for being on the show as always well gosh this sounds like it's a fun day to be at th
billion for the pentagon's primary budget another one hundred and nineteen billion for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and that does not include any downsizing quite the opposite that boosts the pentagon's budget by seventeen billion dollars so that includes five point nine billion to buy thirty two of lockheed martin's after thirty five joint strike fighters fifteen point one billion to build ten navy ships and a three point three billion for twenty eight of boeing's f. eighteen super hornet...
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to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and that's what's been going on now what has been happening is that while they have pretty easily get to pass a new defense budget at least the house of representatives there has been a little bit of a tussle and bustle over a few democrats that are coming out and try to block funds try to tie obama's hands when it came to afghanistan and bringing troops home of course that is because it has once again tried to tie the president's hands when it came to libya and all of that failed but the one thing they did pass was. bill that barred arming was supplying weapons to training the rebels in libya but already doi
to come to its because there are some figures out there is also that say that our wars in iraq and afghanistan have cost us three point seven trillion dollars and counting and that pretty soon that will be up over fortunately i mean it really is is there a god willing it's there it's insane as one congressman said to me when i was testifying before the senate foreign relations committee and almost knocked me off my chair it doesn't matter colonel we can print more. and that's the attitude and...
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do you think that she may be able to return home to afghanistan not to the village and not to her. but i mean if she the painting what she does i mean perhaps she can go back to couple and work there who move so do you think she will want to go back on their hard earned do there still fickle to say i mean i really don't know you know no one has access to i share i have very close access to the the organization that looks after her but i don't get on the phone and have a conversation with her you know they're still trying to protect her from the media you set up the media a chauffeur and the foundation no no i don't want internet no they say that but us i really try wherever i go to advocates and ask people to donate funds to the b.b. i should fund what is it for to go out with the doing well really you know it's very expensive living in new york and it's not that she's going to go shopping with their money in some movie you know she needs to be educated she needs caregivers and it's a very expensive process so that fund one hundred percent of the money put into their fund will go t
do you think that she may be able to return home to afghanistan not to the village and not to her. but i mean if she the painting what she does i mean perhaps she can go back to couple and work there who move so do you think she will want to go back on their hard earned do there still fickle to say i mean i really don't know you know no one has access to i share i have very close access to the the organization that looks after her but i don't get on the phone and have a conversation with her...
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as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug method of work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next to afghanistan have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with gaza. from europe. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe mostly the netherlands where most amphetamine based drugs a manufactured with poland the baltic states germany bug area and many other countries with underground drug labs some cells are small but there are many of them and the substances they produce find their way to rush of through the various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate it's nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are net amphetamine. ecstasy and other similar drugs. but also their parents as well. well yo
as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug method of work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next to afghanistan have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with gaza. from europe. over eighty percent of all...
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still to come, safeguarding one of afghanistan's architectural treasures. that battle to preserve this historic city. >> and blended kickstart the final race to the finish line to the olympics. and independent inquiry has found that one in 10 experiments on monkeys has no clear sign to the purpose. studies involving monkeys have led to important benefits over the years, such as the development of a polio vaccine and treatment for strokes and parkinson's disease. an animal welfare groups describe the inquiry's findings as chilling. >> it is done in cases where we believe it will yield fantastic results that meat -- that may either now or sometime in the future be important for human health. >> but is all the research carried out really necessary? and does it always lead to a scientific and medical benefits? according to a review of research on monkeys, on the whole, the work is of high quality and were continuing, but there were some concerns. -- worth continuing, but there were some concerns. >> some of the work does not justify continuing in terms of its m
still to come, safeguarding one of afghanistan's architectural treasures. that battle to preserve this historic city. >> and blended kickstart the final race to the finish line to the olympics. and independent inquiry has found that one in 10 experiments on monkeys has no clear sign to the purpose. studies involving monkeys have led to important benefits over the years, such as the development of a polio vaccine and treatment for strokes and parkinson's disease. an animal welfare groups...
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appeared on the front plagiarism of time magazine and the v headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the occupation. you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you showed that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they so i share and the controversy came from very many different places and therefore everyone responded in very different ways depending on the politics depending on the country they came from depending on a whole lot of different variables so it didn't affect me in there to a in a in actual fact it was a catalyst and that it spread through the blogosphere world it was on t.v. it was everywhere and actually it was furthering and speaking about violence against women and more and more people were seeing this before we start though of the story in the pensions of a couple more words about the completion first of all what was your favorite picture among others among your competitors can
appeared on the front plagiarism of time magazine and the v headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the occupation. you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you showed that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they so i share and the controversy came from very many different places and...
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back i will go to afghanistan and in bed himself while i'm embedded in vegas. he's in afghanistan. good for him. who else? i read it all. everything i can get my hands on. i loved the hunger games trilogy which is on. it was really good. >> do you see yourself, are you more accountable now with screenwriters as opposed to other authors? what is your community? >> i have a lot of writing france, but overall i don't know that many screenwriters because i don't live in l.a. i don't have a lot of close friends who are writers but i have a couple, matthew pearl is a good friend of mine in austin. joe fender has a book out. a wonderful book on he is great. a few other local writers. i don't, you know, we don't sit around and turtlenecks and drink coffee. it's not that scene. [laughter] >> would've turned to come upon the time, as we say then we'll be doing a book signing after this and there are other events obviously with late nights at the da. i would ask you a couple more questions to rout out and we would like the audience, if you have a question to please come on down to one of the
back i will go to afghanistan and in bed himself while i'm embedded in vegas. he's in afghanistan. good for him. who else? i read it all. everything i can get my hands on. i loved the hunger games trilogy which is on. it was really good. >> do you see yourself, are you more accountable now with screenwriters as opposed to other authors? what is your community? >> i have a lot of writing france, but overall i don't know that many screenwriters because i don't live in l.a. i don't...
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my brother did a tour of afghanistan. it's difficult if you look at it, are we winning from what you are seeing there? >> we are on a plane with human remains and an american flag draped over a casket. at that point, no. at that point you say no, it's not worth it at all. then, you know, you start to analyze it and look through history, there's a lot of people that died to make our country free and other countries around the world to help out other countries. war is never a good thing, but i think it's necessary. >> when you travel around europe, asia and other countries, not many americans do. when you do, what do you think the perception of your country is? >> misunderstood. we took a lot of flak. maybe some of it just for the iraq war. a lot of things bush did. i wasn't in bush's shoes. i don't know what that was like. they kind of looked down. i think they forget. that's what gets me angry. people forget the first time there's a natural disaster in the world, who is the first to send money? it's our tax dollars. when
my brother did a tour of afghanistan. it's difficult if you look at it, are we winning from what you are seeing there? >> we are on a plane with human remains and an american flag draped over a casket. at that point, no. at that point you say no, it's not worth it at all. then, you know, you start to analyze it and look through history, there's a lot of people that died to make our country free and other countries around the world to help out other countries. war is never a good thing,...